NJ school crossing guard facing child porn charges

NEWARK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a central New Jersey man who works as a school crossing guard produced and distributed numerous images of child pornography, including some taken in his own bedroom.

Kenneth Christensen is charged with sexual exploitation of a child and distributing child pornography.

The 44-year-old Edison man faces up to 30 years in prison if he’s convicted of both charges. Prosecutors say Christensen works as a crossing guard at a Metuchen middle school.

Christensen allegedly sent 240 images of child porn from his home computer to a Russian website last May. Those images included three pictures of a boy who appeared to be about 5 years old, and those pictures were among the hundreds of child porn images authorities say they found at Christensen’s home on Thursday.